Worldwide, the current year has been quite challenging due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its dramatic effects. All of us have had to suddenly change our lives and habits to face such an unexpected global emergency for which we were not prepared. From one day to the next, the luckiest ones, that is, those of us who have not lost our jobs, have had to switch from working on site to smart working. In many cases, smart working has increased the overall productivity of people and teams. For instance, the number of scientific manuscripts submitted to journals during the lockdown has been higher than in normal times. One reason could be that many authors saved time by attending meetings remotely instead of in person, aided by powerful and reliable software platforms, thus saving time that otherwise would be spent in daily commuting to their workplace or abroad.

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在全球范围内，由于COVID-19大流行及其巨大影响，今年是充满挑战的一年。我们所有人都不得不突然改变我们的生活和习惯，以应对我们没有为之准备的如此意外的全球紧急情况。从一天到一天，最幸运的一天，也就是我们当中那些没有丢掉工作的人，不得不从现场工作转为聪明的工作。在许多情况下，聪明的工作提高了人员和团队的整体生产力。例如，锁定期间提交给期刊的科学手稿数量比平时高。原因之一可能是许多作者在功能强大且可靠的软件平台的帮助下，通过远程出席会议而不是亲自参加会议来节省时间，